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Chateaubriand:Genius creates, and taste


Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
by Chateaubriand


Georg C. Lichtenberg:Everyone is a genius at


Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.
by Georg C. Lichtenberg


Samuel Johnson:A man of genius has been seldom


A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
by Samuel Johnson


Seneca:There is no genius free from some


There is no genius free from some tincture of madness.
by Seneca


Oscar Wilde:Beauty is a form of genius - is


Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.
by Oscar Wilde


Thomas Carlyle:Humor has justly been regarded as


Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.
by Thomas Carlyle


Leonardo Da Vinci:Men of lofty genius when they


Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
by Leonardo Da Vinci


Ralph Waldo Emerson:To believe your own thought,


To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Thomas English:Less good from genius we may find


Less good from genius we may find than that from perseverance flowing; so have good grist at hand to grind, and keep the mill a-going.
by Thomas English


Johann Von Goethe:Beware of dissipating your


Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it is sure to repent every ill-judged outlay.
by Johann Von Goethe


Gamel Nasser:The genius of you Americans is that


The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them [which] we are missing.
by Gamel Nasser


Albert Pike:Almost all the noblest things that


Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.
by Albert Pike


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